Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-13
SUICIDE BY DROWNING.
Hugo Won Heuer was Tired OF Life.

The body OF plainly dressed man. about thirty
five years Old. and feet inches tall, weighing
about one hundred and forty-fve pounds was
found this morning floating in the canal about a
quarter Of a mile this side OF Chain Bridge by Wm
Brown, who lives on the canal road. Officers
Riley and warwick brought the body to the police
station here, and upon searching the pockets OF
the clothing pair OF eyeglasses, a large clasp
knife and q dilapidated memorandum book were
found. In the book notes In German had been
made, which were nearly obliterated by the water.
short note in German, directed to Herr Weigand,
No, 1916 L street northwest, and signed Hugo Won
Heuer, was also found upon him. The body was
removed to the mOrgue TO be held for identif1ca-
ton. He wore dark checkered suit OF clothes
and had gold ring on his right foretinger. Mr..
Weigand mentioned above, was notitiIied OF the
finding Of the body. 1t is thought that the un-
fortunate man fell overheard, as there is no wall
between the road and the canal in the Vicinity
where the body was found.
This afternoon Mr.. Weigand visited the morgue
who, until few days ago, boarded at his
(WeigandS house, on L street. Mr.. Weigand
told Acting Coroner Tyler that the deceased was
about forty years old; that he belonged TO a noble
family in Germany, but left that country some
time ago on account OF trouble with his wife, that
he has been In various parts or the United STATES,
ana has lived in Columbus, PfttSburg and other
places Mr.. Weigand also stated that Won Heuer
left his house about the 5th instant, and LEFT a
letter n his room stating that he was tired of life
and intended to jump overheard. Acting Coroner
Tyler gave certificate OF death from suicide.
They Were Not Doctors, but Thieves.
A PAIR OF RoGUEs ROB TWO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Is CAPTURED, THE OTHER ESCAPES.
Last week two neatly dressed men, representing
themselves to be doctors, came to the city to at.
tend the Medical Congress- and rented a room at
the residence Of Mrs. U. H. Ridenour, No. GIG I4th
street northwest. Saturday morning, when every
body was out OF the house except themselves, they
gathered together a quantity OF Jewelry, silver
"ur n n1.nt,t
$50, and departed with the plunder. Mrs. Ride
nOur reported her loss to the police, and gave a
description % Of @ the men, Last evening Mrs hewes,
she had been robbed by two men answering the
description Of those who had lodged at Mrs. Ride
nour's. At Mrs. Hewes' house the men, when they
applied for room. told her they were gamblers,
Alexandra in couple Of days. She told
thieves in the house as gamblers. but she finally
in their room when Mrs Hewes went down town,
and as she was returning she saw them leave the
house and take street car. She suspected moth
ing wrong until she entered the house when she
found her trunk had been ransacked and every
thing topsy-turvy and scattered about. They had
gone through the house and taken about $75 worth
OF 1ewelry and other articles. Mrs. Hewes report
time to leave the city. Last night shortly after
o'clock, as Onicer Quinlan was walking through
the Philadelphia train at the Baltimore and
Oh1o depot he saw two men whom he Su5-
pected and placed them under arrest.
He turned one OF them over to a railroad Official
and put the nipperS on the other. The railroad
man let his prisoner escape. The man whom Officer
Quinlan arrested gave his name as Edmund Ray
mond. aged thirty-one years. He had his pockets
filled with silver spoons, forks, and other articles
and revolver, stolen from Mrs. RidenOurS. The
man who escaped the officer says was also loaded
with Silyerware and other articles, and has regis
tered under the maine OF Daniel Hanson. Raymond
is held at the sixth precinct station for further
investigation.
LATER-THE FUGITIVE CAPTURED.
Detective Mattingly took the case in hand, and
this morning traced the man at large to the Thy
son House, on the corner OF 9TH and streets ana
found the man In the kitchen, when a tussle en-
sued and the officer and his prisoner both tumbled
out OF the kitchen window together into the back
and, as Is usually the case, the CANNES took the
part OF the thief and attacked the officer. In the
melee the prisoner got loose and started
to run, and Officer Riley, who was in
the Deighborhood, jumped into hysician'S buggy
and started in pursuit. The man was overhauIed
at the intersection OF New jersey and Rhode
Island avenues, when he took his stand, drawing
a revolver which he held at full cock. Before he
used it, however, Officer Riley had closed with
him and he Was secured and taken 10 the 9th pre-
cinct, where he registered as Frank Emerson alias
Charles Edwards. The officers have succeeded IN
recovering some OF the stolen property taken from
Mrs. Ridenour's as also some OF that stolen from
other houses, including some they captureed in
Baltimore.
On the person OF one OF the prisoners was found
clipping from Philadelphia paper OF september
4, giving an account OF ''two bold boarding house
thieves" exploits In that city, when three trunks
were robbed at Mrs. Perry's, 712 ButtonwOod
North 22d street;S. W. Holland, SIG New street,
and other places differed.